Kabul , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Taliban has executed a pregnant widow accused of adultery in western Afghanistan , provincial and district officials said Monday .

The 47-year-old woman , Sanam Gul , also known as Sanam Bibi , was killed in Badghis province Saturday morning , said Ashrafuddin Majidi , the provincial governor 's spokesman .

The district governor of Qades , Hashim Habibi , confirmed the execution . He said the woman was accused of adultery that left her pregnant . The Taliban shadow district governor , Mullah Abdul Hakim , and his judge ordered the woman to be executed , he said .

Mohammad Yousuf , a Taliban commander , carried out the execution , shooting the woman in her head , Habibi said .

The International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan condemned the killing . `` This tragic gruesome brutality is an example of Taliban justice , '' said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres , director of the ISAF Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center . `` This is not what the people of Afghanistan want -- they want peace and freedom and that 's what we 're going to help provide . ''

The statement from the ISAF cited reports that the widow was whipped 200 times before she was shot .

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The 47-year-old woman was killed Saturday morning

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The Taliban accused her of adultery , a local official said

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Woman was whipped before she was shot